These ideas were presented by Barbara at the 2015 National Society for Human Resource Management Conference in Las Vegas June 30 on the Smart Stage.
C = Creative Communication
Ideas…Workplace
- Start meetings with 3 minutes of “Good News”
- Design creative signs
- Put a surprise in your mailings
- Build a “Human Level” database
- Spice up your memos and humanize emails
- Design a creative fax cover sheet
A = Atmosphere
Ideas…Workplace
- Create a “whine” cellar
- Burn the barriers
- Have a “family life” bulletin board
- Place a shbowl of cartoons and jokes in reception area • Personalize your workspace
- Make your hallways inspiring
A = Appreciation For All
Ideas…Workplace
- Senior Management cook breakfast or wash employees’ cars
- Call their mothers
- Surprise employees with treats
- Name a hallway/room/food after someone
- Get a “Red Plate” for your office
- Keep one another’s emotional bank account full
- Use the names of candy to send fun messages
R = Respect
Ideas…Workplace
- Create a “code of conduct” for your organization • Have brown bag lunches with management
- Have a family day at work
- Begin “Grapevine” meetings
- Give every employee a business card
- Trade jobs with someone in the organization for a half day
R = Reason for Being
Ideas…Workplace
- Add a personal signature to your work
- Adopt the idea of “mis-takes”
- Write a song or poem about a company hero or legend • Write a personal mission statement
- Celebrate the organization’s mission and vision
- Have a scavenger hunt for new employees
E = Empathy
Ideas…Workplace
- Build something for the community • Hold ethnic food lunches
- Hire moms
- Let your employees be customers
- Begin a “Kindness Campaign”
- Share vacation time
E = Enthusiasm
Ideas…Workplace
- Have a “File Clean-Out” Day
- Make every Friday a special day
- Begin a company choir or band
- Select a company mascot
- Have brown bag “sharing” lunches
- Have a party for an internal department which serves you
